Awards and Grants

April 2014

Travel Grant from the Fund for Gender Equality, School of Language, Literature, and Culture, University of Regensburg, to present a paper at the European Association for American Studies Conference, Leiden College, The Hague, The Netherlands.

November 2013

DAAD Grant, to present a paper at the American Studies Association’s Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. (War and Peace Studies Project)

November 2012

DAAD Grant, to present a paper at the American Studies Association’s Annual Meeting in San Jose, Puerto Rico

March 2012

Travel Grant from the Fund for Gender Equality, School of Language, Literature, and Culture, University of Regensburg, to present a paper at the European Association for American Studies Conference, Izmir, Turkey

October 2011 – September 2012

Research Fellowship from the State of Bavaria for post-doctoral project

October 2010

DAAD Grant, to present a paper at the American Studies Association’s Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas

October 2009 – March 2011

Mentoring Program for Young High Potential Scholars, University of Regensburg

September 2008

Grant of the Verein der Freunde der Universität Regensburg to travel to and present a paper at the American Studies Association’s Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 2008

Luce Foundation Travel Grant, to attend the American Studies Association’s Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico

June 2008

Travel Grant from the Fund for Gender Equality, School of Language, Literature, and Culture, University of Regensburg, to attend the American Studies Association's Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 2008

DFG Grant, to present a paper at the European Association for American Studies Conference, Oslo, Norway

May 2006

First Book Award of the Bayerische Amerika-Akademie for the Doctoral Dissertation

December 2005

Dr. Katharina Sailer Dissertation Award, University of Regensburg

July 2005

Publication grant of the women’s representative, School of Language and Literature, University of Regensburg

September 2003

Grant of the Verein der Freunde der Universität Regensburg to visit and conduct research at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

August 2003

Postgraduate grant of the Bayerische Amerika Akademie to conduct research at UCLA, UC Berkeley, CSU Sacramento, and in San Jose, Oakland, and Washington, D.C. (National Archives, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution)